Stress reduction skills make a difference

Emotional health is absolutely essential to your physical health and healing.  If you are able to relieve emotional stress in your life, physical arthritis results may dissipate.

Breathing technique
Deep breathing has numerous long-term health benefits including reducing stress.  A technique to try is Dr. Weil’s 4-7-8 exercise (http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART00521/three-breathing-exercises.html)

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Energy psychology tools seem to be most effective for reducing stress.  EFT is basically the process of “psychological acupressure”.  It is based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat emotional and physical ailments, but without needles.  (Dr Mercola)

Hydrotherapy
Enjoy a hot bath or shower every day. Hydrotherapy has long been known as an effective natural way to “steam clean” the body.  When your body is hot it sweats.  The sweating action is a natural detoxifier, and the surrounding water washes it away.  While enjoying hot water every day may not be considered a “skill” it is definitely relaxing for many people

Meditate
Meditation places many people in a state of deep relaxation where they can better control the pain rather than it controlling them.  Meditation is a process that requires personal discipline.  For more information on this subject, go to meditation do an online search.

Warm your hands and feet
Arthritics often have sluggish circulation.  Cold weather changes the pressure on joints, causing exceptional pain for some arthritis sufferers.  Keep your hands and feet warm.  People with cold hand and cold feet may feel stressed by the low skin temperature.  Keeping your extremities warm is healthy and may be stress reducing.

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